2015 Conference Discussions

Keynote Lecture: “Cities Shared and Shattered: Urban Mix and Ethnic Coexistence from a Global Perspective” / Prof. Daniel Monterescu Associate Professor, PhD Program Director, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Central European University, Budapest Is it possible to live with cancer? Why is the issue of mixing unbearable in the national-territorial discourse in Israel? Urban mixing isna��t unique to the Israeli case, it is a global dilemma. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, modern sociology dealt with the question of immigrants, the question of mixing and the question of encounters with the other. Today the discourse has dwindled to issues of ethnic communities and ghettos. This is a conceptual world which doesna��t contend with the fundamental issue of […]

Human Diversity in Renewed Cities Special Plenary session for community city-planners October 21, 2015 Moderator: Ofer Gridenger, City Planning Division Manager at Jerusalem Municipality Speakers: Dr. Emily Silverman, founding Director of the Urban Clinic, Hebrew University, Jerusalem Anaya Bana Jerais, Arab Center for Alternative Planning Ofer:A� The idea behind this session is to have a closed study session related to the conferencea��s theme and its participants. Exploring how the planner operates, thinks, works and moves forward in a mixed city, with diverse populations. This isna��t related exclusively to the recent events, but in Jerusalem the concept applies to ultra-orthodox and national-religious populations; tensions between populations in a�?designateda�? and a�?undesignateda�? neighborhoods. Dr. Emily Silverman is working with the Jerusalem municipality and […]

Opening Gala Evening A� Introduction and Greetings: The Jerusalem Foundation and the Adam Institute. Conversation and Discussion with Authors: Dorit Rabinyan and Ayman Siksek Moderator: Liat Regev Introduction and Greetings A� Liat Regev: Welcome everyone and good evening. The conference on mixed cities was planned before what has been happening in mixed and other cities in Israel in recent weeks. There is something symbolic in the conference taking place now during the current situation that signifies hope and optimism. a�?City of Tomorrow a�� Shared Living in Mixed Cities of the Futurea�?, organized by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Adam Institute, is the third in a series of conferences that address the issue of life in mixed cities. The conference examines […]

8th Plenary Session: Personal, Social, Gender and Political Identities Moderator: A�A�A�A�A�A�A� Attr. Tehila Friedman-Nachalon, Yerushalmim Movement, Yeru-shalem Coalition; Speakers: A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A�A� Yossi Sucari, Author and Lecturer; Dr. Sharon Geva, Department of History, Kibbutzim College of Education Dr. Anwar Ben Badis, Linguist and teacher, Al-Quds University and The Jerusalem Intercultural Center (Arabic); Prof. Aeyal Gross, Faculty of Law, Tel-Aviv University; Closing Notes: Dr. Udi Spiegel, Director of Education Department, the Jerusalem Foundation Yossi Sucari Yearnings for a place, a city brings about war and bloodshed. I think this is an overrated thing. Do I miss Jerusalema��s soil, people, and historical sites? History is commentary, and history, as was said, is written by the winners. Is the place the language? Language depends on […]

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6th Plenary Session: Families of the Future – Problems and Solutions Moderator: Dr. Talia Sagiv, Ono Academic College; Speakers: Maharata Baruch-Ron, Deputy Mayor of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa; Dr. Ilan Tabak-Aviram, Clinical psychologist; Brill Mental Health Center; Varda Van Der Wieken, Clinical Psychologist, Hadassah Ein Karem Dr. Ilan Tabak-Aviram The first families to deviate from the accepted norms were conventional couples who divorced and went on to remarry. A complex situation with biological children and children from previous marriages was created. In the 1970’s single parent families started appearing. Medical technology made it possible to receive sperm, and subsequently, egg donations as well. At the beginning it was mainly women, but today there are also single fathers. At the end of […]